About the day » Saturday May 4, 1895Calender converter

• Anna Adriana Schravesande, Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth goormans, Pulderbos († 1977)
• - Trip, Weerdingerveen (Emmen) († 1895)
• Alida Jans Oldenhuizing, Schoonloo Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1937)
• Aaltje Huijsman, Maassluis, Nederland
• Anna Geertsema, Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1900)
• Alida Bouwmeester, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje de Rijke, Oosterland († 1951)
• Anna Mol, Giethoorn († 1979)
• Anna Gengler, Exloermond, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1976)

• Adriana van Diem (9), Waalwijk, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Moonen (64), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus Galesloot (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia de Rooij (81), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Andreas Hofman (2), Slagharen, Nederland
• Aaltje de Koning (34), Ede
• Andreas Damhuis (85), Goor NL
• Arendje Koster (24), Hoogeveen
• Anna Klasina de Bruijn (0), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Hutchinson (51)

• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)

• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
• May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
• May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
• June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
• June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
• October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.

The temperature on May 4, 1895 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.